Whenever I go home for Christmas I tell myself that this year is going to be special. This is the year that I’m going to be proactive! This is the year that I will call up old high school friends, then see if my 10th grade English teacher wants to meet up for a long overdue breakfast at the diner! After that, I’ll take a drive over to our old house on Powell Road to see what color the new owners have painted it! Then, as soon as I drop my bags, the to-do list goes out the window, and…